pharmacogenetics Flashcards
what is ivacaftor, what are the indications and what is the result?
it is a CF potentiator. The condition must have been confirmed by a biochemical test and it will benefit 1/25 patients
what is genomics?
it is relating to the genome - total DNA or RNS
what is the difference between pharmacodynamics and kinetics?
pharmacokinetics is what the body does to the drug and is being focused on by the NHS for a optimum tailored treatment for individuals, pharmacodynamics is what the drug does the body
what is stratified medicine?
selecting therapies for groups of people with shared biological characteristics
what is the difference between germline and somatic?
germline is hereditary and somatic is acquired in non germline cells and not hereditary
what is pharmacogenetics?
it is the study of genetic differences in the drug metabolism pathway that can affect how an individual will respond to a drug - adverse reaction or positively
what can pharmacogenetic be used in?
stratified and individualised medicine
what can all medications affect?
proteins - most commonly SNPs
how can promoter polymorphisms affect genes?
they affect the promoter and therefore gene transcription
what happens if you change the shape of the ligand?
cannot bind, changes the metabolism of the drug and outcome of treatment
what can result in a altered outcome to a treatment?
change in protein from translocations, SNPs, promoter polymorphisms, gene amplification, deletions and insertions
what do missense changes do?
affect protein structure or activity
what is the most common type of genetic variation?
SNPs
how can SNPs affect outcome?
they can change the shape, binding activity or AA sequence
what does proline result in?
it has a strange shape so changes the shape of any protein it is in
what is a missense mutation?
when the original DNA code for an AA is changed by replacement of a single nucleotide which makes the incorrect AA, producing a malfunctioning protein
how can genetic variations affect drugs?
X linked - only males affected
recessive variants - 2 needed to be affected
dominant - only one needed to be affected
mitochondrial inheritance - from mother
which mode of inheritance shows the most severe side effects?
autosomal recessive
why are single genes unlikely to explain all variability in drug effects?
drug pathways have complex metabolism as many variant will affect the response to therapeutics